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Dickinson County, Kansas

Dickinson County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $62 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,714 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 127.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20041. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Dickinson County is $62 per acre for 2026, up 21.6 percent from 2016. Cropland here is mostly rain-fed: only 2 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated in the 2022 census, so land value and yield outcomes ride on rainfall and heat more than on water rights. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities has moved up through each listed period: 17 percent in 1989-1999, 54 percent in 2000-2009, 75 percent in 2010-2019, 93 percent in 2020-2025. The county's corn yield trend is 0.6 bushels per acre a year on published years 2009-2024, with a median of 127.5 bushels per acre and a worst year of 63.3 in 2011. Census land value stands at $2,714 per acre for 2022, up 26.8 percent from 2017.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$62/ac
2026 county average
KS median $58 · 45th highest of 102
Land and buildings
$2,714/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KS median $2,272 · 31st highest of 104
Rent as % of land value
2.25%
$61 dry rent ÷ $2,714 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2009–2024 median
127.5 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 126.8
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$11.38
2016–2025, closed crop years
KS median $12.59 · 45th lowest of 104
Farmland rented
50%
2022 census, rented from others
KS median 54% · 34th lowest of 104

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$802010201520202025$44$62 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2026$62/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+21.6%nominal, $51 to $62
Pasture, 2026$26/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.49$62 ÷ 126.8 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,714/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,017/ac
Census 2017$2,140/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+26.8%+4.9% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.25%$61 ÷ $2,714; cropland 66% of land in farms

Corn yield

20092011201320152017201920212023143.0122.563.3148.1109.8142.0132.6114.9104.9133.0median 127.5

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2009–2024127.5 bu/ac10 published years
Recent level, 2020–2024126.8 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2011: 63.3 bu/ac50% of median
Trend, 2009–2024+0.6 bu/ac a year±3.6 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1996200120062011201620210.642.820.061.00: claims equal premium

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$11.38
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.87claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.78$142.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium8 of 30
Worst year2002ratio 2.82
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 76% · freeze 9% · excess moisture 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020256290

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–2025121 of 1,357 weeks9% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201229 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202526 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.9 °F1991–2020 normal 68.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.27 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September23.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 97% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger3.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20222%
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland687 ac
Farmed no-till, 202259% of cropland178,816 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland10,774 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202112643,85115,138

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 202515,138 ac5.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20286,238 ac41% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$58/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Active irrigation water rights (Kansas)394
Median priority year1978
Solar and wind operating, 20251 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202251,739−33.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202250%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Dickinson County$62—$2,714—$11.38
Clay County$99$199 2025$3,165—$9.22
Geary County$77$143 2023$2,862145.6$6.68
Marion County$56$102$2,80497.1$10.32
Morris County$62—$2,161107.9$10.88
Ottawa County$76$136 2023$2,577—$10.91
Saline County$65—$2,699110.4$13.37
Median next door$71$102 1 co.$2,752109.2$10.60

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Dickinson County, Kansas. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/kansas/dickinson-county
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic

"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.